diff --git a/materialious/electron/package-lock.json b/materialious/electron/package-lock.json
index 670214df..4a1451a0 100644
--- a/materialious/electron/package-lock.json
+++ b/materialious/electron/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "Materialious",
-	"version": "1.10.9",
+	"version": "1.10.10",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "Materialious",
-			"version": "1.10.9",
+			"version": "1.10.10",
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@capacitor-community/electron": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/materialious/package-lock.json b/materialious/package-lock.json
index 3ef2eaa2..1aeae27d 100644
--- a/materialious/package-lock.json
+++ b/materialious/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "materialious",
-	"version": "1.10.9",
+	"version": "1.10.10",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "materialious",
-			"version": "1.10.9",
+			"version": "1.10.10",
 			"hasInstallScript": true,
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@capacitor-community/electron": "^5.0.1",
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
index 48ac9721..d2db685e 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@
 
 		player = new shaka.Player();
 
-		// YouTube's defaults
 		player.configure({
 			abr: {
 				enabled: true,
@@ -438,18 +437,18 @@
 				}
 			},
 			streaming: {
+				failureCallback: (error: shaka.util.Error) => {
+					console.error('Streaming failure:', error);
+					player.retryStreaming(5);
+				},
 				bufferingGoal: 120,
 				rebufferingGoal: 0.01,
 				bufferBehind: 300,
 				retryParameters: {
-					maxAttempts: 30,
-					baseDelay: 1500,
-					backoffFactor: 2.5,
-					fuzzFactor: 0.7,
-					timeout: 120000
-				},
-				stallThreshold: 2,
-				stallSkip: 0.5
+					maxAttempts: 8,
+					fuzzFactor: 0.5,
+					timeout: 30 * 1000
+				}
 			}
 		});
 		playerElement = document.getElementById('player') as HTMLMediaElement;
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/patches/youtubejs.ts b/materialious/src/lib/patches/youtubejs.ts
index 6431e047..514d0bb1 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/patches/youtubejs.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/patches/youtubejs.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ export async function patchYoutubeJs(videoId: string): Promise<VideoPlay> {
 			? androidPoTokenMinter
 			: window.electronAPI.generatePoToken;
 
-	poTokenCacheStore.set(BG.PoToken.generateColdStartToken(visitorData));
-
-	platformMinter(challengeResponse.bg_challenge, requestKey, visitorData).then((poToken) =>
-		poTokenCacheStore.set(poToken)
-	);
-
 	const extraArgs: Record<string, any> = {
 		playbackContext: {
 			contentPlaybackContext: {
@@ -78,6 +72,18 @@ export async function patchYoutubeJs(videoId: string): Promise<VideoPlay> {
 		throw new Error('Unable to pull video info from youtube.js');
 	}
 
+	if (video.basic_info.is_live) {
+		poTokenCacheStore.set(
+			await platformMinter(challengeResponse.bg_challenge, requestKey, visitorData)
+		);
+	} else {
+		poTokenCacheStore.set(BG.PoToken.generateColdStartToken(visitorData));
+
+		platformMinter(challengeResponse.bg_challenge, requestKey, visitorData).then((poToken) =>
+			poTokenCacheStore.set(poToken)
+		);
+	}
+
 	let dashUri: string | undefined;
 
 	if (video.streaming_data) {